The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1887-04-24

egg, and the others would wager their
money for and against the chance OF
the chicken being bern and surviving the
attacks of its fellows.
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There is among the frequenters OF
pelmonico's small, pudgy, and blase
gentlemen who recently inherited,
through the death of his sturdy old
father. means of discouraging ampli.
tude. Prior to this acquisition of
wealth he was a timid and inoffensive
young person, distinguished by nothing
more remarkable than weak eyes. and
the aroma of cheap cigarettes, but when
he grew rich he developed fondness.-
indeed passion-for sitting in the cafe
ensconced behind q huge collar and
staring holly at his reflection in a mir
ror. He pursues this pastime with
undertaking devotion day after day,
only pausing at times to raise his chin,
fix waiter with his autocrat eye and
drawl: "Heah, fellow some abslnthe.
He isn't very popular.
In many instances, the richer the
man the simpler his idea of amusement.
1t is no unusual sight to see one OF New
York's rich men driving Fifth Avenue
stage up or down town with the regular
driver sitting calmly at his side, and L
have often seen the son of the late
president of the Eighth Avenue Rail
road Company drive the big slxteen-
horse sweeper down town after heavy
fall of snow. As everybody knows, two
millionaires drove daily coach from
the Hotel Brunswick to Pelham every
day last season Just for amusement's
sake, while two other effluent members
of the Knickerbocker club manned a
Third Avenue car during the hottest
days of the strike and made the trip to
the city hail and back in safety.
But the amusements of mlllionaires
are not all so innocent as these. One
of the most brutal and savage prize
fights ever saw was in the stables of q
man who owns a magnificent country
place on the Hudsan. The men had
fought to a standstill and were clinging
to one another to keep from falling
while the blood dripped from dozen
wounds and their faces were battered
out of all human semblance, but the
crowd of pallid and nervous mOneyed
men urged them pittilessly on. There
are three well-known New York club
men of great wealth who have no higher
ambition than this. Gratified with vast
fortunes, they have no interest outside
the doings of pugilists, plug ugiies and
bruisers. and are happy when watching
two feliow-men struggling to see which
can infiict the most injury on the other.
A whimsical man of wealth amused
himself during the long nights last
summer by dining in his library and
feeding an army of cats that prowled
about the yard. He would eat little
and then hang out of the window with
a bit of bird in his hand and converse
at great length with the cats, while they
struggled and fought below. After tan
TALKING them sufficiently he would toss
the morseI to them and then hug him.
self delightedly while the cats clawed
each other in their efforts to get at the
| food. The millionaire was always
attended on such occasions by SNUG
faced and reticent butler, who regarded
his yagaries with the most austere dis
approval. After every escapade with
| the cats the millionaire would chuck the
morose butler under the chin roguishiy
and, resuming his seat. pepper the I'M
happy sergitor with bread-crumbs dur
ing the rest of the dinner.
It's q great thing to be millionaire.